The most recognizable rice cake in the West is Japanese mochi, but there is a wide and wonderful world of Asian rice cakes, all possessing symbolic meaning in the context of Lunar New Year.

Tteokbokki, also spelt ddeokbokki (and many other variations), is a Korean dish of simmered rice cakes. There are many versions, including the rather luxurious, non-spicy “royal tteokbokki ...

If you ask an American or European about rice cakes, they’ll probably think of the hard, dry round discs made of puffed rice that are sold in health-food shops. The rice cakes eaten by many East ...

Tteokguk (pronounced sort of like DUK-gook) is a soup of chewy-soft rice cakes cooked in steaming translucent ... be found in the freezer section of Asian markets, though sometimes they're also ...